Closure fastener



T. l. MOSELEY CLOSURE FASTENER Dec. 6, 1938.

Filed May 25, 1935 IN VEN TOR. flfWLl/USON Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE signor, by

mesne assignments, to Crocker First National Bank of San Francisco, SanFrancisco, Calif., a national banking association of the United Statesof America Application May 25, 1935, Serial No. 23,341

1 Claim.

This invention relates to closure fasteners. An object of the inventionis to provide a fastener which can be readily manipulated as a closureis opened and closed, respectively, to release and fasten the closure toits closure frame.

Particularly it is an object of the invention to provide a closurefastener adapted for use in connection with a window to fasten thewindow to its window frame in closed position and to unfasten the windowsimultaneously with the opening of the window when the window is pulledopen by means of the fastener handle; the window fastener is alsoadapted to hold a usual shade cord or curtain cord thereon allowing theswinging of the shade or curtain with the window.

Other objects and advantages are to provide a closure fastener that willbe superior in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness of construction,positiveness of operation, and facility and conven- 20 fence in use andgeneral efficiency.

In this specification and the annexed drawing, the invention isillustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to such form, because itmay be embodied in other-forms; and it is also to be understood that inand by the claim following the description, it is desired to cover theinvention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

This invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing,wherein- Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the closure fastener, showing afragmental section of a window and window frame on which the fastener isassembled.

Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section of the closure fastenerassembled on the window.

Fig. 3 is a detail View of the handle, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bracket of the fastener.

In the herein illustration the closure fastener is shown in use as awindow latch, and it includes a keeper hole. 6 preferably located on theinner edge of the upper cross jamb or rail 7 of a window frame. Over thekeeper hole 6 is secured an apertured strike plate 8 recessed into saidedge of the cross rail 7 so that it faces the outer or top edge or side9 of the top rail ll of a window which covers the enclosure of thewindow frame.

A hollow guide I2 is secured in a recess 1 3 in the top rail H so as toslidably confine therein a belt it substantially at right angles to thestrike plate 8 and in alignment with the keeper aperture of the strikeplate 8. The bolt I 4 is suitably curved and pointed at its end adjacentI pivot pin 22.

to the keeper 6 so as to offer a longer, inclined strike surface H5 atthe side which approaches the strike plate 8 when the window is closed.Near the other end of the bolt I4 is a transverse bore or cavity IT insaid bolt M. The side of the guide i2 is provided with an elongated slot18 on the face thereof adjacent the inner face of the window. On theface of the window rail ll ad jacent said guide I2 is suitably secured abracket H] which has parallel, spaced lugs 21 extended therefrom. Apivot pin 22 is held in said lugs 2i substantially parallel with theface of the rail i i.

On the pivot pin 22 is supported a handle 23 which extends on theoutside of the pivot spaced from the face of the window. The handle 23has a bifurcated hub formed in the shape of a yoke 24. The legs of theyoke 24% extend along the inside face of the respective bracket lugs 2iand have pivot holes 26 therein through which the pivot pin 22 extendsto form the fulcrum of the handle 23. It is to be noted that the handle23 is so curved that it protrudes above its fulcrum and is curved downto the yoke 24. From the top of the yoke 24 extends an extension or arm21 substantially at right angles to the general plane of the handle 23.The arm 21 extends through the guide slot l8 and into the bolt cavity H.The end 28 of the arm 21 is rounded but fits the height of the cavity I!so that it reciprocates the bolt [4 in the guide l2 as the handle 23 isswung around its fulcrum.

In the space between the legs of the handle yoke 24 is positioned asheave 29 rotatable on the Inasmuch as the yoke 24 is open toward thepane of the window, in other words toward the opposite or bottom rail ofthe window frame, not shown, a cord 3! may be played around the usualgroove of the sheave 29. The cord 3! is the usual control for a windowshade or curtain that is mounted on said opposite or bottom rail of thewindow not shown.

In operation the window may be swung open or shut together with acurtain or shade mounted on one of its rails and the shade cord 3i heldon the latch handle 23 on the opposite rail. The window is swung open bypulling the handle 23. When the handle 23 is pulled, first it turns awayfrom the face of the window around its fulcrum thereby moving the arm 21and the bolt i4 away from the strike plate 8 until the bolt It isdisengaged from said plate 8. Further pull on the handle 23 will swingthe unfastened window into open position. As the window is shut theinclined face I6 of the bolt 14 strikes the outer curved end of theinclined strike plate 8 and urges the bolt inwardly of the guide 12until the bolt I4 is opposite the keeper hole 6. The weight of thehandle 23 normally urges the arm 21 and the bolt l4 upwardly toward thestrike plate 8. If necessary then by a slight push on the handle 23toward the window the bolt I4 can be firmly engaged with its keeper tofasten the window in place,

